This is the Lua++ C lang build, currently in development but is soon to be completed. If you are interested in learning more about this project, please visit our website: luaplusplus.org. This codebase is not specifically tweaked to a certain compiler, so any C/C++ compiler should be able to build this project easily. Personally, I recommend building it with gcc although clang or MSVSC would also work fine.
Disclamer
Lua++ is still under heavy development so when you are testing the programming language keep that in mind. There are a LOT of minor bugs spread around in the codebase so don't expect a production ready application. Otherwise, thank you for showing interest in Lua++.
- Make sure that you have
make,flex, andbisoninstalled. To install them on a Linux machine run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flex
sudo apt install bison
sudo apt install make
- Enter the main source folder and build the desired project (e.g.
make interpreter) - Then run the binary that was produced by this command
./bin/luapp
...
Note: compiler development moved to lorraine.
The current complier is very user friendly. It consists of four stages: lexer, parser, ir, and codegen. These are all toggable via the -s command line argument. This gives you the ability to inspect each stage of the compiler in detail. The usage for the compiler binary is provided below:
luappc -s [lexer|parser|type|symbol|ir|codgen] -o [outputfile] [inputfile]
-s : indicates the name of the stage to stop after.
Defaults to the last stage.
-o : name of the output file. Defaults to "output.s"
You should pass the name of the file to compile.